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J. G. ENGLISH. TRAGE POST'FOR CARRIAGES. No. 440, 100. Patented Nov. 11,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.TAMES G. ENGLISH, OF NE\V HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ENGLISH &aMERSICK, OF SAME PLACE.

TRCE-POST FOR CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,400, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed September 15, 1890. Serial No. %4,986. (No model.)

To all whom it may conoern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. ENGLISH, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented new lmprovements inTrace-Posts for Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying` drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view of a trace-bar, showing two posts attachedthereto; Fig. 2, an underside View of the step or head; Fig. 3,-alongitudinal central section through the step or head; Fig. 4, avertical section through the body of the post; Fig. 5, a perspectiveview of the post having the head fol-med as a step; Fig. 6, a verticalsection of the same; Fig. 7, a transverse section through the post online 03 m of Fig. 6.

This invention relates to an improvement in the device attached to thetrace-bars of carriages as a means for securing the traces thereto, thedevice being in the form of a vertical post at the respective ends ofthe bar, around which the traces are looped. These posts are ofcylindrical shape, having a shank to pass through the bar, with a nutbeneath to secure the post in the bar. The posts are provided with ahead to prevent the loop of the trace from rising on the post. In thecase of two-horse vehicles the head of the outer post usually forms astep for the con- Venience of the driver in mounting the box, while theinner post is simply provided with a head In the usual Construction ofthese posts the head or step, as the case may be, is formed integralwith the body of the post, and, owing to the peeuliar shape of thearticle complete, it is a difficult and expensive forging'to make.

The object of my invention is to reduce the cost of manufacture of thepost; and it con sists in the construction as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claim.

A represents the body of the post, and B the step or head of the post.

C represents the bar upon which the post is arranged.

At the left of Fig. 1 the head of the post is represented as a step,while at the right the head not being required for a step is of a shapeto produce an annular flange around the post; but in either case thehead serves to prevent the loop of the trace from slipping from thepost. The Construction of the step and head are substantially the same.

The step or head B is construoted With a socket E, proj ect-in gdownward from the under side, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) this socket being ofnon cylindrical shape, here represented as square. The socket isinternally screw-threaded, as shown. The step B may be of the usual oran y desired shape. lar shape and of a length corresponding to thedistance between the bar and the step or head. The upper end of the bodyis recessed, as at F, Fig. 4, corresponding to the shape of The body Ais of tubuthe socket E of the head and so that the sooket may be setinto the upper end of the body and the under side of the head rest uponthe upper end of the body, as seen in Fi g. 6. The non-oylindrical shapeof the socket E prevents the rotation of the head on the body or of thebody independent of the head.

G represents the bolt by which the post is secured to the bar C. It isadapted to pass through the body A, and at its upper end is fitted witha screw corresponding to the socket E and so that the two may be united.The bolt is preferably of the same angular shape as the socket, and theopening through the body in which the bolt stands should be ofcorresponding shape, so as to prevent the turning of the bolt or headindependent of each other. The bolt is of alength to pass through thebar, and at its lower end is provided with a nut H or other device, bywhich the post may be Secured to the bar. the usual cylindrical shape,and when the parts are assembled, as seen in Fig. 6, the appearance ofthe' post is the same as that of the usual Construction in which thebody and head are forged integral.

The body A may be made from tubing prepared for the purpose and cut torequisite lengths. v

The step or head, as the case may be, is readily forged,with the socketas an integral The body A is of IOO With a downwardly-projeetingnon-cylindri- Cai socket, the upper end of the post having a reoesscorresponding to and adapted to receive said socket, combined with abolt of noncylindrieai shape, extending through the body and attached tothe socket, the interior of the body of corresponding shape to the bolt,substantially as described.

In testimony Whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES G. ENGLISH.

Witnesses:

F. L. BUCKINGHAM, JOHN. B. KENNEDY.

